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Dec. 23, 1930.

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Dec. 23, 1930.

R. O'N. WILSON ET AL 1,735,300

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Filed Sept. 20, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS tive View of an Patented Dec. 23, 1930 IUNITED'TSITVATE'S 1 PATENT, OFFICE aosnoNEILL WILSON AND oALLIs'rA ONEILL SCHULER, or sAUeATUox,

' CONNECTICUT Application filed September 20, 1927. Serial No. 220,713.

Our invention'is directed to the economical production ofstuffed rag or cloth dolls. The. accompanying drawings illustrate an embodimentjof the invention. l

' s l Figs-1 to i illustratelthe completed doll in face, back and side elevation and in rear end elevation respectively," l Fig. 5-

a'fidiagram illustrating certain seams;- i

" Fig-6 represents aprinted face;

Fig; 7 represents the v same modeled i slightly; I T

Fig. S'is a plan and Fig. 9 a perspective "View 10f a lower die, and Fig. 10 a'perspecupper die for modeling the Figs. 11, 12, 13, '14: and are patterns of different parts "oftheidoll.

The face is printed flat one. piece of cloth indicated at 1. This is then pressed onto a mold '2 by means 'of a correspondingly shaped upper die The mold or dies have the fea- "tures veryslightly modeled The piece of clothl is backed'bya sheet ZYofbuckram or canvas containing a little "starch or other adhesive so that aftertheface is modeled and dried it will" preserve its shape; The modeling is soislight thatthere is practicallyno distortion of the printed face, but only of the comparatively'wide-unprinted marginal portions of the sheet. a See Fig. 3. Thus the features andthe tinting of the cheeks and'other parts maybe veryecotortion in the first place, and are practically unchanged by the modeling.

The modeledf ace is'indicated at 4 '(Fig. 7) jBy'this method we secure a practically per fect product most economically. V

I The body is-al'somade up of pieces combin'e'd in such a way as to give with substan- 1 tial perfection the figure desiredwith coin- "paratively. few and simple shaping pieces and uniting of the parts. 11-

known Kewpi e, but the'invention is generally applicable to dolls of other design as to face and body; w

The p attern for the back of the head is :sliOiWlI in Figwll; J There aretwo pieces of nomically applied withoutsubstantial dis 7 this shape with arear edge 5 forming the line through the back of the head and the top knot and unitedby a seam'-6,(Fig. 2). A amt; has its edges brought together in a seam SKFig. 3), the pucker at the top forming the ears 9. The front edge 10 ofthese pieces forms the outline of the face, being stitched to the latter at 11.

The body is formed of two front pieces, Fig. 12, and two back pieces, Fig. 13, each includinga part of an arm. These are shaped so as to secure. anatural position for the arm and also to provide a broad seat so that the doll may rest in a sitting position shown in underside View in'Fig.4. The back pieces arelonger than the front pieces by about the distancebelow the dotted line 12. The edges 13 of the two front pieces are brought tm 'gether in a front'seam :15 (Fig. 1) and the edges '14 of the two back pieces in a central rear seam 18 (Fig. The point 19 of the front matches the point 20 of the back.- The tending from 20to 21 is stitched to the edge ofthe front from 19 to 22. The seam dicated at 25,'Figs. 1 and 2.

V The protruding shape vof the stomach leaves a sort of hollow space indicated at 26,

is in- Fig. 3, so that the legs can be bent forward from the seam 25 without interference, being only spread outward a little as indicatedin Fig.4. The legs are also joined along the seam 25 to make the desired hinge.

' A special shape of the back and front pieces .has been designed to secure a natural position for the arms and to prevent them from standing at an unnatural angle.

The specific doll represented is the well The back portions 27 of the arms stand out stifily. from the body. But the front portions 28 are drawn close in. When these are united there is aresulting twisting of the arms so as to bring the thumb portions a little, forward instead of pointingiintthe unnatural lateral direction. This position of v V the completed arm is indicated at 29, Fig. 3.

which continues the line of the neck, is made The upper portion'30 of the front is made very long and the portion 31 of the back,

I very short, so as tocarry the shoulder, seam formed'by 'the'edges 32 and 33 nearly-to'the back of the body. This shoulder seamis-ini dicated at.-34,.,Eig. 5,.andis a..,considerable distance to therear of the side seam 85. The result is to have the arm'29 spring from the rear of the shoulder'as it should and extend therefromforwardly with thethumb at the forward'side. I 7 I Thetabs 36, form small wings on the I shoulder-53y taking a fold in "the back'of each shoulder, indicated by thedotted' lines 38finjFig; l3; the? arms may b-e-further. twisted to securethe-forward directionof the thumbs while holding the elbows more closely to the sides. That is, it brings the hand more in the transvers'e or back-to front 'CllIGCtlOIL Each leg is made inktwo pieces like :Fig.

--, onefor the outside and one for the inside. i The dart '39 has itsedges' brought togetherito 'n alm agbul'gin'g 'knee: &0, The upper edges are then stitchedalongthe;line-25,previously referred to, to :forma hinge "at the seam betweenthe back andfront This seamiszn'ear the front-ofthe finishedfigure. The reduc 'tion in the transverse figure at the front permath-e1 legsgt'o bend forward sothatgthe doll :canlsityas explained abov'ei i The neck seam is indicated, at41, 5.,the fronttportion thereof being Neryzlong, corresponding to; the edgeBOJFig. 12,:andtthe rear portion being very short, corresponding to apart .of the edgeBLFi'gJ-B'. That isythe wing portions 36 and 37 -being brought together' and theedge 32niatchingthegedge '33, the latter will extend a short; distance :(31)

beyond the former and iteis only this short distance whichiconstitutesthe seam ilflFig;

' 5, at the backof the neck. Theback-ot the neck seam, therefore, in rear view will; be

curved upward at the centne.-;

The-finished loll may best any usual or suitable waytoiproduce a, soft effect or a 111011901 .lessstrif effect as desired Various IIlOfllfiCLiTlOIlS may be made by those skilled :in the art without departing from theinvention'asdefined in' the following #claims a What we'clai'miisr. i

1, A cloth do'll'having a printed piece forming the faceand having- DWOcPiBCGS' forming the remainder of the head: with a: vertical sea-1n v'alo'ng'the back, each of'said two pieces having a dart' in the lower edge-at one side with a pucker at the top to form the ears, the front edges of said two pieces being stitched varoundithe pieceforming the face.

2. Acloth 'dollthaving a printed piecerformingthe I face and having two pieces-forming the-remainder off thehhead with a vertical seam along the back,-each of said two pieces having a dart in the lower edge at one side, the front edges of said two pieces being stitched around the piece forming theface, the lower edge o f'the back portion of the headthusformedbeing curved upward-at the centre, incombi'nationwith a body made of rear portions having a very short upper edge shapedtojfit said upward curve and stitched thereto and"front"porti'ons having a' long 7 downward curvefitting the remaining part of the lower edge ofthe head and stitched thereto. r p

3. A clothxdollhaving front andbackpieces joined on seams, said pieces including arm portionsintegral therewith, the lowerfedge of the arm portion of the back piece; being'sepa rated fromstheobody portion at; a widerfa'ngle than that of the frontpiece to cause-said arms tolpoint-inwardly when joined. by seams at their-edges. v i 1 p 4. A cloth doll made of front and back piecesieach including'a portion-ofan arm;,the body part of said front piece being much Wider than thelback'piece, said front and back pieces nbein'g unitied at the body portion by.

the side and shoulder seams, andsaid arm portions being unitedibyrani inner s'eajmz at the thumbiside of the arms, andextending from ;sa1d's1de seainandby an outerseam extending to said shoulder seamythe side seam of said body portion being we'll-forwardof-said shoulthumb side of the I arms and: extendingfrom said sideseam and by anouter seam extending tosztidishoulder scam; the side seam of said body portion being well fforward of said shoulder-seam to: extendthe arm, portion to,- wa-rda natural position-withthe thumbside forward, and the cloth at the back, of the sl'ioul'der inisaidback'piece beingtaken up so as to cause the elbow sideof'said arm to lie:

flatly against theside ofthe body.

- ,6. A clothxdo-ll made of front and'back pieces each including aportionsoflanarin, said frontand'back pieces-beingunitedin the body portion by'side and shoulderseamssaid front pieces being' 'longer than the back pieces in the body portion toextend overrthe shoulder part of the ,dollpand to-fbring-the shoulder-seam toacposition rearwardly of by an inner-seam at the'thumb side of thearms and extending from said side seainandbyan outer seam extending to said shoulder seam.

7'; A;. cloth doll having la body: portion said sideseam, saidarmportio ns beingunited formed of front and back pieces and having top edges enclosing the neck portion of the doll, said pieces having integral arm portions and being united on side and shoulder seams, the front piece being longer than said rear piece and having a longer upper edge than said rear piece to bring the shoulder seam at the rear part of the neck opening formed by said upper edges, saidarm pieces being united on inner seams extending to said shoulder f seam, said side seam being well forward of said shoulder seam.

, In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names. 

